Dr Sarah Buckley

Labour Induction: Making Choices

Sarah Buckley — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 04:38:03 +0000

So many are being offered induction of labour, often without a good medical reason. This blog article will help you to make sense- and make informed choices- in this complex and controversial area. So many inductions In Australia (2020) labour was induced in more than 1 in 3 pregnancies (35.5%), including almost half (45.8%) of first-time [...]

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All the Science

Sarah Buckley — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:11:10 +0000

Since the publication of her 2015 report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing (more info and links here) Dr Buckley has continued to research and write about the hormones of physiological labour and the impacts of interventions. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) studying oxytocin in childbearing. This page lists the publications Sarah has co-authored, with links [...]

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Synthetic Oxytocin (Pitocin, Syntocinon): Unpacking the myths and side-effects

Sarah Buckley — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 23:00:13 +0000

Synthetic oxytocin (Pitocin, Syntocinon) is widely used in maternity care around the world. It is commonly administered to induce or to speed up (augment) labour, and to prevent or treat bleeding after birth (postpartum haemorrhage). Like all maternity-care interventions, synthetic oxytocin may be beneficial, even life-saving, for mothers and babies in some situations. However, because [...]

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How to Have the Best Cesarean

Sarah Buckley — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:00:13 +0000

It’s true that our female bodies are superbly designed, and that gentle, natural birth is the best possible start. But birth is ultimately mysterious and unpredictable, and can sometimes take its own unexpected direction. For example, the peaceful natural birth that you planned with a midwife, in a birth centre, or at home, may become [...]

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Does Synthetic Oxytocin (Pitocin) Cause Autism?

Sarah Buckley — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:00:29 +0000

Image courtesy of MyDvija https://mydvija.com Does exposure in labour to synthetic oxytocin (Pitocin, Syntocinon) cause autism? Or could exposure at least increase the risks of an autism spectrum condition, including milder forms of autism, for genetically vulnerable children? This question has been asked for many years, beginning with natural birth pioneer and surgeon Michel Odent [...]

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Should Every Mother be Induced at 39 Weeks? The ARRIVE Trial

Sarah Buckley — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 02:27:37 +0000

If you are pregnant right now, you can’t have missed it. For maternity care providers, it’s been the topic of the year. Should healthy, low-risk women should be routinely induced at 39 weeks? On August 9, the ARRIVE study (A Randomized Trial of Induction Versus Expectant Management) was finally published in full, reigniting a media [...]

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The Best Possible Start: Resources for Expectant Parents

Sarah Buckley — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 21:54:54 +0000

We have had the pleasure of welcoming 3 new nephews into our extended family in recent months. Congratulations to Alex and Dan, William and Temah, and Kate and Chris (pictured with Max) on your bonnie firstborn boys! We all want our loved ones to have the best possible start to family, and obviously to make [...]

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The New Prenatal Testing

Sarah Buckley — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 06:00:00 +0000

I was 35 when pregnant with my third baby, and 40 with my fourth. This put my babies in the ‘high risk’ category for chromosomal problems including Down Syndrome. Should I undergo testing to find out if my baby was affected, involving procedures that would increase the chance of losing my baby? Or should my [...]

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Gentle Natural Birth for Modern Mamas

Sarah Buckley — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:00:02 +0000

Gentle, natural birth is our genetic blueprint for labour and birth, switching on hormonal systems that optimise ease, pleasure and safety for mothers, babies, fathers and families. A gentle, natural birth gives an optimal start, not only for labour and birth, but also with breastfeeding and bonding for mother and baby. When maternity-care interventions are [...]

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Peggy O’Mara, editor and publisher of Mothering magazine

content editor — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 02:25:59 +0000

“Few authors today are more trusted by natural parents than Sarah Buckley. Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering is an exceptional book that gives families the confidence they need to follow their own instincts.”

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